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Cultural Property Stakeholders Clash Over AML/CFT Regs for Antiquities Dealers

8 Nov 2021, 9:40 am by Rick St. Hilaire

Antiquities sellers soon will be covered by the Bank Secrecy Act.FinCen recently completed an advance public comment period over anticipated enforcement rules, sparking debate among heritage advocates, cultural property groups, archaeologists, dealers, auction houses, and museum directors.The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AML Act) is a hot topic in the cultural property world as the US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen) prepares rules to enforce the new… [read post]

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New Law Aims to Protect Lunar Artifacts

23 Jan 2021, 7:00 am by Rick St. Hilaire

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Thai Cultural Property Case Edges Closer to Settlement

20 Jan 2021, 6:00 am by Rick St. Hilaire

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Antiquities Trafficking Bathed in Sunshine: Disclosures of Shell Company Owners and Suspicious Financial Transactions May Be on the Horizon if the NDAA Becomes Law

5 Dec 2020, 12:58 pm by Rick St. Hilaire

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OFAC Puts High-Value Art Market Participants on Notice

31 Oct 2020, 3:45 pm by Rick St. Hilaire

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Brooklyn Man Indicted for Egyptian Artifact Smuggling. Did COVID-19 Impact Grand Jury Selection?

15 Oct 2020, 2:17 pm by Rick St. Hilaire

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Cultural Property Lawyers Take Note: ABA Ethics Opinion Warns About Criminal Clients

12 Aug 2020, 10:00 am by Rick St. Hilaire

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No "Seize and Send" in Prosecution Involving Mosaic Reportedly from Syria

3 Aug 2020, 11:47 am by Rick St. Hilaire

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Costa Rica Petitions U.S. for Archaeological Import Controls

5 Mar 2020, 2:39 pm by Rick St. Hilaire

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CPAC Meets Tuesday to Consider Turkey and Tunisia Cultural Property Requests

20 Jan 2020, 5:19 pm by Rick St. Hilaire

Hilaire to the committee.Text and original photos copyrighted 2010-2020 by Cultural Heritage Lawyer Rick St. [read post]

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Antiquities Trafficking Indictment Unsealed: Latchford Prosecution Raises Legal Issues

3 Dec 2019, 10:00 am by Rick St. Hilaire

Newly unsealed antiquities trafficking charges detail an alleged Cambodian smuggling network.CPIA enforcement, the "CPIA Embargo," and statute of limitations are some of the legal issues presented by the grand jury indictment.A federal grand jury in Manhattan has handed up a 26 page indictment detailing an alleged cultural heritage trafficking network that stretched from Cambodia to America's antiquities market. [read post]

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At the Crossroads of Cultural Heritage Preservation: SCOTUS Rules on the Peace Cross and the Establishment Clause

9 Jul 2019, 10:00 am by Rick St. Hilaire

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El Salvador Seeks U.S. Renewal of Cultural Property MoU

1 Jul 2019, 10:00 am by Rick St. Hilaire

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CPAC Considers Import Restrictions on Cultural Property from Chile and Jordan

18 Mar 2019, 1:00 pm by Rick St. Hilaire

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The Met's Surrender of a Gilded Egyptian Coffin Presents a Golden Opportunity to Deter Antiquities Looting

20 Feb 2019, 1:24 pm by Rick St. Hilaire